Trump's Numbers Don't Come Close to Adding Up

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Trump’s Numbers Don’t Come Close to Adding Up

December 5, 2025 at 1:55 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 73 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/12/05/trumps-numbers-dont-come-close-to-adding-up/

“President Trump has made increasingly sweeping claims about new investments flowing into the United States, citing figures as high as $21 trillion since taking office,” CBS News reports.

“But a CBS News review found no evidence that total commitments or new investments approach the scale the president has cited.”

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Does this surprise anyone?

We all are painfully aware of how he lies and just makes up numbers as he babbles his nonsense.

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2. I picked up two prescriptions at Walmart yesterday; they paid me $6000.00 take them

[ProfessorGAC]

3. There Is No Doubt....

...that including domestic investment that would have happened anyway, that the number is inflated by a factor of 10.